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AssigneeBoehringer Mannhein GmbH
InventorsPetra Ruger, Dorothee Ambrosius, Bernd Schmidt, Peter Sluka, Hans-Joachim Guder, Erhard Kopetzki
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An electrochemical sensor is provided containing a supporting material having a surface of noble metal such as gold or palladium to which is bound an enzyme such as glucose oxidase via binding molecules. The binding molecules are in the form of a homogenous monolayer and are bound to the metal surface by anchor groups such as thiol, disulphide or phosphine groups. The enzyme is linked to the binding molecules by an ionic bond, a covalent bond or a metal-chelate bond. The binding molecules may contain a spacer such as an alkylene chain. Coverage of the binding molecules on the metal surface is less than the maximum coverage to optimize enzyme coverage, decrease response time of the sensor and increase signal yield per surface area. The monolayer may contain diluent molecules which are not linked to an enzyme and which are bound to the metal surface via anchor groups. The diluent molecules lower the concentration of binding molecules in the monolayer, increase conductivity of the monolayer and lower unspecific binding of components from a sample solution in contact with the sensor. The binding molecules can be linked by an ionic bond or a metal-chelate bond, respectively, to a charged amino acid residue or a chelate-forming amino acid residue of the N-terminus, C-terminus, or N- and C-terminus of recombinant enzyme protein.
An electrochemical sensor comprising a supporting material, the supporting material having a noble metal and a homogenous monolayer on the noble metal surface, the monolayer comprising binding molecule and another type of molecule which functions to lower concentration of the binding mol in the monolayer, to increase conductivity of the monolayer and to lower unspecific binding of components from a sample solution, the binding molecule and the other type of molecule being in a ratio in the monolayer of 1:100 to 100:1 and being bound to the noble metal surface via anchor groups, wherein the binding molecule is linked to an enzymatically active protein by an ionic bond a covalent bond or a metal-chelate bond and wherein the degree of coverage of the binding molecules on the metal surface is less than the maximum degree of coverage and wherein the other type of molecule is not bound to an enzymatically active protein.
An electrochemical sensor comprising a supporting material, the supporting material having a noble metal surface, and a homogenous monolayer on the noble metal surface, wherein the monolayer comprises binding molecules which are bound to the noble metal surface via anchor groups, wherein the binding molecules are linked by an ionic bond to at least one charged amino acid residue at the N-terminus, C-terminus, or N- and C- terminus of an enzymatically active protein, and wherein the degree of coverage of the binding molecules on the metal surface is less than the maximum degree of coverage.
An electrochemical sensor containing a supporting material the supporting material having a noble metal surface, and a homogenous monolayer on the noble metal surface, wherein the monolayer comprises binding molecules which are bound to the noble metal surface via anchor groups, wherein the binding molecules are linked by a metal-chelate bond to at least one chelate-forming amino acid residue at the N-terminus, C terminus, or N- and C-terminus of an enzymatically active protein.
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